Inventory of the David Outlaw Papers, 1847-1855; 1866

Collection Number 1534


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Outlaw, David, 1806-1868.
Title
David Outlaw Papers, 1847-1855; 1866.
Call Number
1534
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 375 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Whig congressman from Bertie County, N.C. Chiefly correspondence of Outlaw to his wife while he was a member of Congress, 1847-1853. Subjects discussed are state and national politics, including the Mexican War, the slavery question, sectionalism, the Wilmot Proviso, the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850; social life in Washington, D.C.; and Outlaw's family and his farm in Bertie County, near Windsor, N.C. In his absence from home, Outlaw's farm was managed by one of his slaves. Also included are a few letters from Outlaw's wife and daughter and genealogical material on the Outlaw and Anderson families of Tennessee (typed transcriptions).


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1948
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the David Outlaw Papers, #1534, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Anderson family.
Bertie County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Farm management--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Legislators--United States--History--19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Outlaw family.
Outlaw, David, 1806-1868.
Sectionalism (United States)
Slavery--North Carolina.
Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.
Tennessee--Genealogy.
United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

Whig congressman from Bertie County, N.C.

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Collection Overview

Chiefly correspondence of Outlaw to his wife while he was a member of Congress, 1847-1853. Subjects discussed are state and national politics, including the Mexican War, the slavery question, sectionalism, the Wilmot Proviso, the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850; social life in Washington, D.C.; and Outlaw's family and his farm in Bertie County, near Windsor, N.C. In his absence from home, Outlaw's farm was managed by one of his slaves. Also included are a few letters from Outlaw's wife and daughter and genealogical material on the Outlaw and Anderson families of Tennessee (typed transcriptions).